Causes of the American Revolution - Teenage Analogies

There has been a series of break-ins in the neighborhood, so your parents decide you need to get a home security system. In order to pay for it, they are making everyone in your house pay a portion of the bill each month.

You end up fighting your friends for control of a treehouse and win. However, your parents are angry about the fight and forbid you AND the other kids from the tree house. They tell you everyone must stay out of the tree house so as to avoid all future problems.

As a result of a series of break ins, your parents are making you and your siblings help pay the cost of a security system. You and your siblings are not happy about having to pay for the security system each month, so you form a pact to protest, boycotting your chores and refusing to pay until they stop charging you each month. You secretly meet in your rooms to discuss your demands and make sure all your siblings protest and don’t give in to your parents.

Your teacher knows the school rule is that all students wear a tie, but he never enforces the rule.

For a short period of time, your parents had banned Netflix. Your parents tell you that you can watch tv or Netflix again, but you have to watch the show they choose: Duck Dynasty .

You’re so angry about losing your ability to watch whatever shows you want that you cancel your family’s Netflix, Internet and cable services so that no one can enjoy them. The cable company is going to charge your parents hundreds of dollars in cancellation fees and they will have to pay additional fees to restart their Netflix account.

When you cancelled your family’s Netflix and cable/Internet services, your parents freak out. Netflixing was the one way the could relax and they need the Internet to work. They banish you to your room and take away your allowance and cell phone and shut down all your social media accounts. You now have to follow all their rules and do whatever they ask you to do. You are no longer allowed to leave the house under any circumstances.

Before you can try to work things out, your parents discover that you have hidden a tablet and a cell phone in your closet. They heard you tapping out a text and playing a game on your tablet one night. Your sister tells you that she heard your parents whispering they are going to sneak into your room early in the morning and take your last prized possessions.

Being on house arrest without your cellphone, Netflix, and social media is too much. Your sister agrees with you that this punishment is too much, but your brother is on the fence. In order to free yourself, you need to convince your brother that you are right. Unfortunately, he is still made at you about having to watch Duck Dynasty. So, you ask his best friend who is your basketball teammate to talk to him. The best friend texts your brother and convinces him that you are right and that he should side with you.

You want your Grandma to side with you. You know you need to make the situation look as bad as possible, and this means you may have to lie. It's for a good cause, right? So, you tell Grandma that your parent won't let you watch your shows on Netflix AND (here's where you lie a little) they banned you from the internet. Banning you from the internet means you can't do your homework!!